LATN 34 AUGUSTAN POETRY: Ovid Metamorphoses  Spring 2004

Tues-Thurs      9:30-10:45AM                       MURPHEY   221

Syllabus                                                          Instructor: Jim O'Hara

course home page: http://www.unc.edu/courses/2005spring/latn/034/001

 

Be alert for regular assignments in secondary literature by e-mail and online

1. Th Jan 12 Introduction, in-class look at Ovid, Met. 1.1-4; into. to poet and period and poem; intro. to hexameter

 

2. T Jan 17 1.1-44 (44 lines)

Philosophical Creation I: Order from Chaos

Study handouts on meter and on rhetorical terms

Read Ovid article in OCD (Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition) (handout)

Read Anderson Intro pp. 1-19 (more later)

3. Th Jan 19 1.45-88 (44)

Philosophical Creation II: Boundaries, Humans

Read McKim (on reserve in Classics Library, Mu 316)

 

4. T Jan 24 1.89-176 (88)

Ages of Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron; Giants; Jupiter calls a Meeting;
Quiz on identifying underlined words in 1.1-176

5. Th Jan 26 177-239 (52)

Lycaon: Jupiter Tells of Fierce Crime and Furry Punishment

      Remember: there will be more sec. readings not yet on this syllabus

 

6. T Feb 1 1.240-323 (84; note that Th is longer)

Flood: More Punishment; Back to Chaos?; Deucalion and Pyrrha

7. Th Feb 3 1.324-415 (92) Deucalion and Pyrrha: Rocks and Re-creation

      Read Books 1-4 in English by now

 

8. T Feb 8 1.416-503 (88)

Python; Apollo & Daphne I: He Loves Her, She Virginity

9. Th Feb 10  1.504-87 (84) Apollo & Daphne II: Flight, Fright, Prayer and Tree

 

10. T Feb 15  Exam

11. Th Feb 17 1.583-667 (84)

Jupiter, Juno & Io I: Suddenly a Cowgirl

 

12. T Feb 22 1.668-750 (83)

Jupiter, Juno & Io II: Argus; Syrinx & Pan Story

13. Th Feb 24 1.750b-779, 2.1-48 (78)

Phaethon I: WhoÕs Your Daddy

 

Think about short paper due after Spring Break

 

14. T Mar 1 2.49-62, 150-234 (99)

Phaethon II: Chariot of Fire

15. Th Mar 3 2.272-366 (95)

Phaethon III: Phaethon's Fate, and his Sisters

 

16. T Mar 8 2.401-507 (107)

Jupiter and Callisto: The Wrath of Juno Again

17. Th Mar 10 2.508-30, 833-875, 3.1-13

Callisto; Jupiter and Europa; Cadmus

 

Spring break

 

18. T Mar 22 3.138-252 (115)

Diana and Actaeon: Punishment for Seeing

5-page paper due on some part of what we read before Spring Break

Read Books 5-12 in English by now

19. Th Mar 24 3.253-315 (73) Jupiter and Semele and the Birth of Dionysus

 

20. T Mar 29 3.316-436 (121)

Tiresias;  Narcissus and Echo I: She Loves Him, He Does Too

21. Th Mar 31 3.437-510 (75)

Narcissus and Echo II

22. T Apr 5 Exam

 

23. Th Apr 7 5.332-408 (87)

The Rape of Proserpina I: Dis-Respect for Ceres

      Re-read 5.1-332 in English for context

24. T Apr 12 5.409-532 (124)

The Rape of Proserpina II: The Wrath of Ceres; Appeal to Jupiter

 

25. Th Apr 14 5.533-641 (109)

The Rape of Proserpina III: JupiterÕs Compromise;  Arethusa

26. T Apr 19 10.1-105 (105; note Th = longer):

Orpheus: the Master-Singer

 

27. Th Apr 21 15.745-879 (135)

Venus, Julius, Augustus & Ovid

Read Books 13-15 in English by now

 

28. T Apr 26 Term paper reports

29. Th Apr 28 Term paper reports

 

7-10 page term paper due Monday May 2, noon.

Final Exam Tuesday May 3, 8:00 A.M.